| Had we been only half a verst further on our road, our journey had been at an end. |
| It has been decided to approach to coast and to rise on an anchor in verst from it. |
| If you put him in a cart he would die before he had gone a verst. |
| He accordingly ran on towards this house, still about half a verst distant. |
| I looked back for the last time when we were half a verst along the road. |
| When he had gone a verst his strength gave out, his feet were sore. |
